Door device toe railway cars



w. E. WINE.

DOOR DEVICE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. 1922.

1,431,50 Patented Oct. 10,1922.

Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

' DOOR DEVICE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

Application filed May 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WiNn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in thecounty of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Devices for Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a door device for railway cars and has for its object to provide improvements in the door supporting mechanism, and is a continuation, in part, of my co-pending application, Serial No. 528,645, filed January 12th., 1922. Another more specific object is to provide an improved form of door stiffener member, which is extended outwardly beyond the edge of the door and there suitably reinforced to provide a hook engaging arm whereby the door may be supported in closed position.

With such objects in view, the invention consists of the formation, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be herein described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which show a preferred form of the invention, Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a portion of a car, having a door and door supporting mechanism applied thereto, the same being constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary end elevational view of the portion of the car shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the door reinforcing member, this figure being drawn to a reduced scale over that of Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the end of the door reinforcing member, showing portions of the associated parts of the car body and door.

Referring to these drawings, the car which is selected for the purpose of showing an embodiment of the invention applied thereto, is of the twin hopper type well known in the art. The side of the car, or the side of the hopper, is denoted by the numeral 1,

1922. Serial No. 561,809.

and the floor or bottom chute plate is indicated at 2. The side 1 and chute plate 2 terminate at 8 and 4 respectively and there form a hopper discharge opening. The lower edge of the chute plate 2 may be reinforced by means of an angle iron such as 5.

A door 6 is supplied for closing the hopper discharge opening, this being ordinarily hinged to the car by hinges, the pintles of which lie with their axes extending transversely of the car. These hinges are not shown in the drawing, but the construction is well known in the art. The free edge 1' of the door accordingly is arranged to swing away from the edge 4 of the chute plate when it is desired to discharge the contents of the car.

The side plate 1 is flanged outwardly at 8 and the outstanding flange 9 of the door 6 fits along the inner face of the flange 8, there being a shoulder 10 formed by the offset in the plate 1, against which the edge of the door or the base of the flange 9 may seat. This construction forms an effective sealing flange to prevent loss of lading. The flange 9 extends outwardly from the outer face of the door, and the flange 8 of the side plate also extends outwardly from the shoulder 10.

Extending across the outer face of the door plate and near the lower or free edge of the same is a reinforcing member 11, which is preferably formed of a channel beam. This reinforcing member is secured to the plate portion of the door by means of rivets such as 12, the one flange of the channel lying against the outer face of the door and the web of the channel being outstanding from the door. This reinforcing channel may extend entirely across the car and the end of the channel preferably extends outwardly beyond the plane of the side 1 as at 13. When, however, the channel is so extended, it is necessary that its end he coped out as at 14.- to clear the outstanding flange 9 of the door and the flanged portion 8 of the side plate 1.

Pivoted upon'the outer face of the side 1 at the pivot point 15 is a door supporting hook 16. A bracket 17 may overlie the shank portion of the hook, and an eccentric cam 18-may be used to hold the hook in engaged position with the door. Rivets such as 19 may pass through the bracket, or through the bracket and the co-operating parts, and also through the car side, to secure the bracket, the hook and the cam thereto. Such hooks are shown in a number of my co-pending applications, and are in use today in this art.

It is desirable in doors of this character, that the hook shall be arranged with the supporting ledge 20 extending downward from the shank of the hook, so that when the door is pushed shut with the foot, the hook will drop by gravity into engagement with a suitably arranged portion of the door. There is provided for cooperation with this hook an angle iron 21, which is riveted to the channel 11 by means of rivets 22. This angle is positioned upon the back of the channel 11 and it has one leg 23 thereof lying against the web of the channel, the rivets 22 passing through the leg 23 of this angle and through the web of the channel. The end of the angle 21 substantially coincides with the end of the channel 11, the ends of both of these members lying outwardl beyond the position of the hook 16. It Wlll be noted furthermore that two of the rivets 22 are arranged substantially symmetrical with respect to the point of engagement of the hook 16 with this angle. By this means the force from the door hook that is applied to the upstanding leg 24 of the angle, is balanced between these two rivets, and the fastening of the angle to the channel 11 is effected in a simple manner and without magnified stresses being applied to the securing rivets. It will be noted furthermore that the upstanding leg 24 of the angle, which is arranged for engagement by the ledge 20 of the hook 16, pract'cally coincides with the line of coping of the outer end of the channel heretofore referred to. By this means the leg 24 of the angle will clear the edges of the flanges 8 and 9.

It is desirable that the leg 24 of the angle shall extend upwardly from the back of the channel 7 11 and that the flanges of this channel shall be turned downward or toward the rail in order to prevent deterioration from corrosion and at the same time fit in with the other functions of the various parts.

7 The hook is so arranged upon the car that the support ng ledge 20 will just drop behind the leg 24 of the angle when the door is in fully closed position. It is accordingly desirable that the leg 24 of the angle shall be spaced somewhat away from the general plane of the plate portion of the door 6. It is des1rable, however, that this leg of the relnforcing angle 21 shall be secured to the door plate, so that the tendency of the leg 24 to straighten out from the concentration of force from the hook 16 may be resisted by the entire section of the angle and both legs utilized for supporting the load. To this end the inner end of the angle 21 is bent back as at 25 and is there riveted to the door plate by means of the rivet 26. In other words, the inner end of the angle 21 lies in the same plane as the door-contacting flange of the channel 11.

The arrangement just described provides a simple and effective door supporting mechanism, wherein the maximum of strength is obtained with a minimum outlay of material. This is of great importance in freight car work for which the present device is intended, as not only are these cars ordinarily built in large quantities, but it is also desirable that the weight of the car be kept as low as possible, in order that the percentage of revenue load to total load may be kept high.

Having thus described an embodiment of the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A car door device including in combination with a hinged car door, a reinforcing bar attached to the outer face of the same, said bar being formed of a webbed section extending outwardly from the door beyond a portion of the car body, a portion of the web of the said bar being cut away to clear the adjacent portion of the car, a door-supporting latch pivoted upon the side of the car near the outer end of the said reinforcing bar, an angular member secured to the outer end of the said reinforing bar adapted to engage the said latch to support the door, the outer end of the said angular member being arranged in substantial alignment with the cut in the said reinforcing bar, and the inner end of the same being bent inwardly to the plane of the car door.

2. A car door device including in combination with a hinged car door, a reinforcing channel secured upon the outer face of the door, one flange of the channel lying against the door plate and the web thereof outstanding from the door plate, the door-contacting flange of the channel, and a portion of the web thereof being cut away near the outer end of the channel to clear an adjacent portion of the car, an angle secured to the outer end of the channel, one leg thereof lying against the back of the web of channel and the other leg outstanding from the back of the web thereof, the said outstanding leg being arranged substantially in line with the, cut in the channel web, near its outer end, and being bent back at its inner end to the line of the car door plate and being secured thereto.

3. A car door device, including in combination with a hinged car door, and a doorsupporting latch, a reinforcing channel secured upon the outer face of the door, one

flange of the channel lying against the door plate and the web thereof outstanding from the door plate, a latch-engaging angle iron riveted to the outer end of the channel, the same being secured to the web of the channel by a plurality of rivets, some of which are arranged at both sides of the point of engagement of the said latch with the angle, there being more rivets to the inner side of the latch engagement point than to the 10 outer side thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM E. WINE. 

